Start Tyler Shough or Brock Purdy? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Tyler Shough over Brock Purdy
- Market projects
- 16.6
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 16.6
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Tyler Shough over Brock Purdy in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Tyler Shough at 16.6 points and Brock Purdy at 16.6, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.6 fantasy points for Tyler Shough, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Tyler Shough at 238.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 9.5 rushing yards, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14, 3 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 16.6 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Brock Purdy at 225.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 19.5 rushing yards, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16, 16 and 14 market sources).
That puts Tyler Shough 0.0 points ahead of Brock Purdy on the market projections.
Injury status
Tyler Shough is listed as questionable with a hand injury.
Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Tyler Shough played 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 197 times and threw an average of 8.3 air yards per attempt.
Tyler Shough, Week 1 against DET: 90 of 90 snaps, 35 of 55 passes for 410 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 4 carries for 8 yards.
Tyler Shough, Week 2 against BAL: 68 of 68 snaps, 27 of 34 passes for 252 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 24 yards.
Tyler Shough, Week 3 against LV: 74 of 74 snaps, 29 of 42 passes for 255 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 36 yards.
Tyler Shough, Week 4 against ATL: 74 of 74 snaps, 30 of 48 passes for 286 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 5 yards.
Through Week 4, Brock Purdy played 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 122 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.
Brock Purdy, Week 1 against LAR: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 205 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 5 carries for 29 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 2 against MIA: 44 of 52 snaps, 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 30 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 3 against ARI: 54 of 54 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 297 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 35 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 4 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 31 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Tyler Shough played 11 games for NO and scored 164.0 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing QB26.
He completed 221 of 327 passes for 2384 yards, 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.
He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB12 · NO · bye 8
2026 vs pass yds line 4-0
- Overall rank
- 87
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
Ranked behind
QB13 · SF · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 91
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board4
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 7
- Board size224 draftable players
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